Slavi Trifonov

Slavi Trifonov is a Bulgarian showman, actor, singer, and viola player, born in on 18 October 1966 in Pleven, Bulgaria. His beloved father Todor is from Gorna Mitropoliya, Bulgaria; his mother - Zdravka is from Todorovo. He has a sister, Petya, three years older than him, who he has said is the person closest to him. Slavi graduated in 1985 from National School of Arts "Panayot Pipkov" Pleven with viola. He completed his military service from 1985 to 1987. He has graduated the National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov". In 1992 still a student he appeared in the student show "Ku-Ku" as an actor. Only two years were needed for him to become extremely popular and his ideas for further development in the field of show business to take shape. Slavi admits that in the years of "Ku-Ku" he would make 19.00 BGN per month and had the idea to go to work in Switzerland but he eventually decided to stay... After "Ku-Ku" Slavi was producer and host of "Kanaleto" (1995 - 1997) and "The Exiles" (1998-2000). Since 2000 Slavi has been producer and host of "Slavi Trifonov's Show", the TV program with the highest rating in its field in the country. Slavi has invited to his studio world famous personalities and hundreds of popular and prominent Bulgarians. Slavi Trifonov is the frontman of the Bulgarian music band Ku-Ku established in 1993. Slavi on the other hand states that the best thing that happened to him in life is Ku-Ku Band. It is said about Slavi Trifonov that he is an outstanding personality in Bulgarian show business. He is active mainly in the folk music (pop-folk) genres but he has experimented with other genres such as hip-hop, pop-rock and punk as a part of Ku-Ku Band. Slavi Trifonov is one of the famous celebrities not only in Bulgaria but in the Balkans. He has released twenty-three albums, over 300 songs, performed at hundreds of concerts, made thirteen tours including one in the United States.